What Country Is

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[Verse 1]
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There's a house fly swimmin' in my 
sweet tea
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Hey, darlin' pass another Kerr jar 
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to me
        Em                         
Butter drippin' off a biscuit, 
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baby, better take a bite
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Cantaloupe thumps like it's 
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finally ripe
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Box fan on a lawn chair suckin' in 
swamp air
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Two hundred mile marker signs from 
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nowhere
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That's what country is

[Chorus]
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It ain't a rebel flag you bought at 
the mall
        Em                C
It's a hideaway bed in an old horse 
stall
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Two kids gettin' caught stealin' a
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 Boone's farm kiss
           G                    
It ain't a John Deere cap that's 
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never fell in the cotton
        Em                         
It's a Jimmy Rodgers song that was 
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long forgotten
      Am                        
It's homemade peach ice cream on 
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sunburnt lips
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That's what country is

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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When the sun starts slippin' from 
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the Delta sky
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And the last scarecrow tucks in for
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 the night
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Make a fire, throw a blanket on the
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 sandy bank
          C                        
'Bout an hour till we feel the 
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first catfish yank
Em                 Bm
Barefoot cane pole wavin' at the 
riverboats
C                                 
  And when they're gone, take a 
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dip in the moon glow
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That's what country is

[Chorus]
            G             D/F#
It ain't a rebel flag you bought at 
the mall
       Em                 C
It's a hideaway bed in an old horse 
stall
     G                  D/F#      
Two kids gettin' caught stealin' a
              C   Bm  Em  D
 Boone's farm kiss
            G                   
It ain't a John Deere cap that's 
       D/F#
never fell in the cotton
        Em                        
It's a Jimmy Rodgers song that was 
D
long forgotten
     Am                         
It's homemade peach ice cream on 
 G       C
sunburnt lips
D
That's what country is

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
            G                    
It ain't a jacked up truck that's 
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never seen a pasture
     Em                        D
It's cars pullin' over for an old 
camp tractor
     Am                          
It's home made peach ice cream on 
  G       C      D
sunburnt lips
        Am                  
No, it can't be bought, it's 
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something you're born with
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That's what country is

[Tag]
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             That's what country is
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             That's what country is
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             That's what country is